A sake drinker Ichibay reports events that occur in his daily life and coveys his casually conceived ideas, focusing especially on sake and sake-related items and events. He sometimes writes about his short trips in his country Japan or provides some Japanese cultural stuff related to kimono, local performing arts, etc.

Jul 4, 2008

Drinking in Kawagoe City

June 10, a drinking party was held in a Japanese restaurant Kissen in Kawagoe city.

Many of the served dishes are those associated with Kawagoe city. Those foods included steamed sweet potato (Kawagoe is famous for its sweet potatoes) and baked eel served on a salter cracker that was seemingly the same type sold in the Kashiya Yokocho (confectionery side street) district in the city.

Speaking of Kawagoe, there is a sake brewery that making nice sake, which sake lovers should have a try of it. The brewery is Koedo Kagamiyama Shuzo Co., Ltd. and its sake is sold under the brand of "Kagamiyama." When I visited the city in February of this year, I had lunch in a Japanese restaurant there and had a chance to drink some sake of Saitama Prefecture including Kagamiyama. At that time, I became a Kagamiyama fan.

There was a sake brewery called Kagamiyama Shuzo in Kawagoe city before. This brewery had been established in 1875 and had continued operation until it closed its business in 2000. Then later, the successor of this brewery started making sake just last year as Koedo Kagamiyama Shuzo Co., Ltd.

http://www.kagamiyama.jp/index.html

I was so happy!

Today's SakeJunmai Ginjo Kagamiyama Muroka Nama Genshu (Koedo Kagamiyama Shuzo)In this spring, I found this sake being sold in a store that is under the direct operation of Koedo Kagamiyama Shudo in Kawagoe city. This sake is a limited product and, in this spring, only 500 bottles were being sold along with Junmai Kagamiyama Muroka Nama Genshu, the junmaishu version of this sake. Fortunately, I could again drink this sake this time. This must be one of the remaining valuable bottles stocked somewhere.

Junmai Ginjo Kagamiyama Muroka Nama Genshu (the second bottle from the left)